25.12.2009, 07:36:23 version Print | PDA/PDA Hockey players of the Russian national team. Photo ©AFP Coaches of the Russian national hockey team named the composition for the Olympics in Vancouver The Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) has announced a preliminary list of players who will go to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The corresponding message was posted on the FHR website.

Thai police carried out an ingenious special operation to capture criminals who were hiding from justice. As reported by Reuters, the task force sent out several hundred so-called “chain letters” notifying them of winning the lottery to the addresses of those on the wanted list of lawbreakers.

last article Yegor Gaidar's , which he wrote five days before his death, will be published on December 28 in the next issue of the Economic Policy magazine. This is reported by Infox.ru , which published excerpts from the article. In the article, Gaidar, in particular, points out that the decision to sharply increase budget expenditures by the Russian government to stimulate domestic demand may be wrong.

During his 358 days in pre-trial detention centers , Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky wrote more than 450 complaints about conditions of detention, refusal to provide medical care and other violations of the law during his detention. This is stated in an article published in Vedomosti by Magnitsky’s colleagues at Hermitage Capital.

American boxer Roy Jones Jr. filed a protest against the result of his fight with Australian Danny Green, in which he was defeated by technical knockout in the first round. Jones accused his opponent of the fact that the bandages he wrapped around his hands were saturated with a prohibited substance, the online publication fightnews.com reports. Jones' representatives sent a letter to fight organizers saying Greene's bandages were saturated with an adhesive substance that then hardened.

The Tushinsky Court of Moscow declared illegal the refusal of the Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case against the nephew of Federation Council member Aslambek Aslakhanov , MUR employee Mansur Aslakhanov. writes about this on December 25 The newspaper “Vremya Novostey” . The lawyer of one of the policemen who accuse the senator’s nephew of resisting government officials told reporters that the Tushinsky court overturned the decision of the UPC on December 21.

In Petrozavodsk, on December 25, a sewer pipe burst, resulting in part of the city being flooded with sewage, reports the Karelian online magazine "Capital on Onego.ru" . The city administration website says that due to the accident, cold water supply to the Drevlyanka and Perevalka microdistricts was stopped. According to Interfax , about one hundred thousand people live there.

On the night of Friday, December 25, in the village of Raduzhny, Kirov Region, a crane fell on the building of a local clinic, the Internet publication "City of Kirov" reports . As a result of the incident, the worker in the crane cabin died and the clinic suffered significant damage. The incident occurred at 03:30 on Mira Street, where construction of a nine-story building was underway next to the clinic.

On December 25, the Associated Press published a list of the 10 main events of 2009 in show business. The rating is based on a survey of journalists from leading American newspapers and television channels. The first place was taken by the death of pop singer Michael Jackson , who died suddenly at the age of 50 in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI was pushed by a pilgrim before the start of Christmas mass in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, AFP reports . As the Associated Press clarifies , citing a Vatican representative, the Pope was approaching the entrance to the temple when an unknown woman ran up to the pontiff, overcoming the barrier, and pushed him, causing him to fall.

American band Manowar have recorded two new versions of their song "Father". One of the versions of the composition is recorded in Russian, and the second in Swedish. Blabbermoth reports. Fans of the band can download both tracks for free on the Magic Circle Music website. To do this, you need to register in the system.

A married couple has filed a lawsuit against the bassist of the American rock band Kiss, Gene Simmons, the Associated Press reports on Thursday, December 24 . In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles court on Thursday, couple Nathan Marlowe and Cynthia Manzo claim Simmons attacked them at The Grove shopping complex . According to Marlowe and Manzo, the musician, seeing that he was being filmed, began to threaten them, and then took away the video camera.

The Rossiya airline, which has a debt of about six billion rubles, will receive a subsidy from the budget in the amount of 3.9 billion rubles. newspaper writes about this The Kommersant with reference to its sources. According to the publication, the decision to allocate a subsidy to the Rossiya State Customs Committee was made on December 24 at a meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov . According to the Vice-Governor of St.

The Holy Synod, at its meeting on December 25, established the Patriarchal Literary Prize named after Cyril and Methodius. reports this RIA Novosti . The new prize will be awarded annually on May 24, the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. In addition, at the last meeting of 2009, the Synod established a new holiday - Orthodox Book Day. It is timed to coincide with the release date of "The Apostle", the first book published in Rus' by the book printer Ivan Fedorov.

Mexican law enforcement officials have captured all three tigers that escaped from the Aguilar Hermanos traveling circus in the state of Michoacan. reported this on December 24 The Associated Press . The tigers escaped from their cage during an accident involving a truck carrying the predators. Two tigers were caught on the spot, but the third predator managed to hide in a mountainous area 30 kilometers from the state capital of Morelia.